Vivian Chapman QC Isaac Jacob David Rowell Christopher Cant Michael Ashe QC SC Robert Bourne Edward Denehan Martin Young Araba Taylor Lynne Counsell Sheila Foley Lawrence Jones Timothy Sisley John Smart Philip Flower Helene Pines Richman Susan Brown Lana Wood Peter Shaw Jonathan Lewis Daniel Bromilow Richard Wilson Constance Mahoney Stephen Arthur Elaine Palser Jonathan O'Mahony Matthew Slater Joseph Curl Overseas members Nicholas Critelli (USA) James Levy QC (Gibraltar) Anthony Provasoli (Gibraltar) Dr Raymond Ashton (Guernsey) Door tenant Marc Beaumont		Matthew Slater Click here for printable version Practice: Matthew has a broad practice, covering the full range of civil and both traditional and commercial Chancery work. The traditional Chancery aspects of Matthew's practice include property, landlord and tenant, Court of Protection, trusts (onshore and offshore) and tax (direct and indirect). Earlier this year, Matthew appeared in Baynes v Hedger & Ors [2008] EWHC 1587 (Ch) (14 July 2008) (claim under the 1975 Act; rectification; and incidence of administration expenses and of inheritance tax): view decision His more commercial work includes corporate and personal insolvency and company law matters in the High Court and County Courts, including enforcement of directors' duties, directors' disqualification, shareholders disputes and liquidation. Education: Merton College, Oxford, BA, Classics (Charles Oldham Travelling Scholar) & City University, CPE/PgDL (Distinction) Appointments: 2006-7 Judicial Assistant to Senior Law Lord, Lord Bingham of Cornhill 2003-4 Schell Fellow, Yale Law School 2002-3 Consultant, United Nations ICTY 1999-2002 Investment banker Between September 2006 & August 2007, Matthew was the Judicial Assistant to the Senior Law Lord, Lord Bingham of Cornhill. Matthew won the Middle Temple's top scholarship, the Queen Mother's Major Scholarship, along with the Astbury Scholarship and was awarded a Distinction on the CPE/PgDL by City University. For the year 2003-4 Matthew was appointed a Fellow at Yale Law School where he undertook research into the offshore trusts used by the Milosevic regime. After Merton College, Oxford (BA, Classics, 1999: Charles Oldham Travelling Scholar), Matthew worked initially in investment banking before, in 2002-3, being appointed a Consultant to the United Nations to investigate how the Balkan wars of the 1990s had been funded. Call: 2005 Middle Temple (Queen Mother's Major Scholar; Astbury Scholar) Click here for printable version Return to members list

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